Chapter 126 - 124. Drunk Talk I

Third person POV

( If there is " * " symbol, it means they were talking in dialect. And Meiyun can't understand their dialect.)

Naran: " *Hhmm, so this is the woman you are talking about.*"

Di Shang: " * Yes mother.*"

Meiyun kowtowed and greeted Naran.

Meiyun: " Greetings to Madam Di."

Naran: " * Damn~ She is pretty and got some manners.*"

Di Shang: " *Yes she is.*"

Naran raised her eyebrows in interest. Her feelings of getting them married increased. Meiyun nervously sat beside Di Shang, it felt like she was attending parents meeting. Seeing how nervous she was, Di Shang held her hand and gently caressed the back of her hand with his thumb.

Naran: " * What happened?*"

Naran softly brushed Meiyun's cut that was beside her eyes.

Di Shang: " My mother asked what happened."

Meiyun: " A-ah, this is only a small injury during a fight. I deeply apologize if this scar made you unpleasant."

Meiyun wanted to kowtow again but was halted by Naran.

Naran: " * What did you have to be sorry about? That scar means that you are a great fighter and an independent woman. I like you, little girl~*"

Di Shang: " My mother said that you don't have to apologize because that scar means that you are a strong and independent woman."

Naran: " * Why didn't you translate the I like you, little girl?*"

Di Shang: " *Mother, then why don't you just talk without dialect?*"

Naran: " *I don't want to. Oh! Could you go get us our family's liquor?*"

Di Shang: " * I don't mind but why don't mother just call the servant?*"

Naran: " * I want you to go and I want to have a chat with her.*"

Di Shang: " *Fine, but please don't say anything unnecessary to her.*"

Naran: " *Aiya~ My son is so protective even to his own mother~*"

Di Shang ignored her teasing, he looked at Meiyun and patted her head.

Di Shang: " I will go out for a while. Don't worry, my mother won't hurt you."

Meiyun: " E-en."

Meiyun: ' Why does it feels like he is treating me like his girlfriend?'

Meiyun smiled at him and watched him left the room.

Naran: " So~ Are you single?"

Meiyun: " Eh? A-ah, yes I'm single."

Meiyun was surprised when Naran suddenly spoke without her dialect.

Naran: " Ahahaha~ Are you surprised?"

Meiyun: " Ye-yes."

Naran: " Hey~ What do you think about my son?"

Meiyun's face blushed when she recalled everything that Di Shang said to her.

Meiyun: " Ge-general Di? I think that he is a very gentle and kind person."

Naran: " Just that?"

Naran stood up and went to one of her drawers, she pulled out a dark green beaded necklace and walked back to Meiyun. She waited for Meiyun's next answer while holding the necklace in her hand.

Meiyun: " General Di treated me like a woman which I had never experience of and I really appreciate him for showing his kindness even towards someone like me."

Naran smiled gently at her and raised her head so Meiyun was face to face with her. She put the necklace on Meiyun and ruffled her hair.

Naran: " It's good to hear that. Please take care of him for me from now on."

Meiyun: ' What does she mean?'

Meiyun: " Yes. But this necklace…?"

Naran: " It is a gift from me."

Meiyun: " O-oh, thank you very much Madam Di."

The door suddenly slammed open, revealing the panting Di Shang.

Di Shang: " * Mother, what did you just say to….*"

Di Shang abruptly stopped when he saw the necklace around Meiyun's neck, the liquor in his hand almost fell from how much shock he got. That necklace was made together with his necklace when he entered marriageable age and it was supposed to be wore by his future wife. But he couldn't deny that he was very happy seeing that the pair of his necklace was on Meiyun. He suspected that she didn't even know the meaning of the necklace nevertheless it should be fine right if he didn't tell her, then she would be his wife.

Meiyun: " General Di?"

Di Shang jolted by Meiyun's gentle voice.

Di Shang: " A-ah, I had bring the liquor."

Naran: " Good, now let's drink, Meiyun."

Di Shang knitted his eyebrows.

Di Shang: " Mother, Meiyun just recovered, don't make her drink liquor."

Meiyun: " A-ah, it is fine."

Naran: " Yeah~ Don't be a party popper."

Di Shang sat beside her and worriedly stared at her.

Di Shang: " If you can't handle it anymore, just stop, okay?"

Meiyun: " En."

Di Shang: " Good."

Di Shang patted her head and smiled at her, meanwhile Naran grinned from ear to ear seeing that the ship had sailed.

Naran: " Now now, let's open the bottle."

Meiyun: " Yes."

Meiyun took a bottle of liquor from the table but the bottle was snatched by Di Shang.

Di Shang: " Let me."

Meiyun's cheeks turned pink. Even though she always said she's a strong woman that didn't need help from anyone but being spoiled wasn't that bad. He popped open the lid and poured the liquor into Naran and Meiyun's wine cup then the last to his cup.

Naran: " Oh! By the way, how is your tolerance Meiyun?"

Meiyun: " My tolerance is pretty high among my friends."

Naran: " Oh, that's good to hear cause our family's liquor is super strong."

Meiyun: " Hehehe~ I will try my hardest to not get drunk."

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After a few cups, Meiyun's face was as red as boiled octopus, she hiccupped while placing the wine cup on her lips, just staring at the wine with no intention of drinking it. Di Shang smiled lovingly when he saw Meiyun's body swayed side to side and giggled cutely. He leaned forward and took the cup from Meiyun's hands. Meiyun watches her cup fly off from her hands, she quickly stretched out her hands to catch her cup, however, she had zero energy as she was too drunk for now which resulted in her fell onto Di Shang's lap.

She tried to get up but her hand slipped and fell again, this time she accidentally hit her forehead on the floor and made a loud thud sound. Surprised by how hard her forehead hit the floor, Di Shang quickly lifted her up and set her down on his lap with her legs on both sides of his waist thus they were facing each other. He massaged her forehead so it wouldn't swell too much.

Di Shang: " Why are you so clumsy?"

Di Shang sighed but his hand didn't stop massaging her forehead, she stared at Di Shang with half lidded eyes. Tears slowly swelled up in her eyes, one by one her bitter memories resurfaced. Di Shang and Naran widened their eyes when the tears flew down Meiyun's cheeks. His heart ached so much seeing her cry, he wiped off her tears with his thumb and tenderly caressed her cheeks.

Di Shang: " Why are you crying?"

That was the softest voice that he had ever spoken with.

Meiyun: " Why…. Why did he have to treat me so coldly? What did I do wrong that he had to point his sword on my neck?"

(A/N: in chinese, he and she are both read " ta " but it is different in writing. So they didn't know that Meiyun was talking about a man in her dialog.)

Di Shang twitched when he heard that someone pointed a sword on her neck, based on how she said it, it seems like that person was close to her. He gritted his teeth in anger.

Di Shang: " Shh~ Shh~ It is okay, I'm here. It is fine, no one will hurt you."

Meiyun stared at him with watery eyes and held his hand that was caressing her cheek.

Meiyun: " Why do I have to fall for him?"

Di Shang was shocked, it means that the person she was talking about was a man. Naran knitted her brow in guilt, she thought that if Meiyun was single then everything would be fine but she disregarded Meiyun's feelings. When she just wanted to take back the necklace, Meiyun's next words made her stop.

Meiyun: " It would be better if I just fall for you."